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Census 2021: Religion

Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by religious affiliation.

Metadata

Source Publisher Time period Geography Licence Attribution Last updated
Office for National Statistics Office for National Statistics Local authority (LA), Middle-layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Output Area (OA), Electoral Ward (Ward) OGL v3.0 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Preview

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Population of Local Authorities in Greater Manchester classified by religious affiliation (broad classification)

Data

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Religion (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_religion_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_religion_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_religion_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_population_religion_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_population_religion_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Religion - detailed (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_religion_detailed_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_religion_detailed_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_religion_detailed_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Multi religion (Households)

File name Geography
2021_household_religion_diversity_la_gm.csv LA
2021_household_religion_diversity_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_household_religion_diversity_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_household_religion_diversity_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_household_religion_diversity_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Pre-processing

The R script used to process the data can be adapted to other areas. For information about R visit the CRAN website.